Chapter Summaries

Ren Tao began devouring the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but touching the black pearl in the tiger’s spiritual world drew the Evil God’s consciousness into his Sea of Inheritance and trapped him. As Bibi Dong’s forces closed in outside, Ren Tao tried to negotiate with the Evil God, who agreed to discuss why he was called evil.

• Ren Tao subdued the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and began the ritual of Devour after the tiger submitted.
• Ren Tao found a black pearl in the tiger’s spiritual world and touched it despite sensing that absorbing it could be dangerous.
• The Evil God appeared through the pearl, revealed his spiritual brand, and trapped Ren Tao inside the Sea of Inheritance.
• Bibi Dong arrived with six Titled Douluo and revealed that she had used the tiger as bait to ensnare Ren Tao.
• Ren Tao asked the Evil God why he was called evil, and the Evil God began to show him a bizarre scene.

Ren Tao was caught between the Evil God’s bargain inside the Sea of Inheritance and Bibi Dong’s ambush outside. His soul split as he escaped with half of the Evil God’s consciousness, leaving him bound and helpless before Bibi Dong, who demanded his allegiance to Spirit Hall.

• The Evil God offered Ren Tao freedom in exchange for accepting his deal with the Rakshasa God, but Ren Tao prepared to escape instead.
• The Giant Kun attacked the Evil God while Ren Tao struck with the Spear of Chaos and tried to flee the Sea of Inheritance.
• The Evil God seized Ren Tao, splitting his soul; the Giant Kun held part of the Evil God back while Ren Tao escaped with the other half inside him.
• Ren Tao and the Evil God’s divided consciousness failed to coordinate their powers, and Sandworm Douluo trapped Ren Tao in quicksand as Bibi Dong’s forces attacked.
• Bibi Dong’s subordinates restrained Ren Tao with Death Spider Web Restraints, and Bibi Dong offered to free him if he pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall until she unified the continent.

Ren Tao persuaded Bibi Dong to cooperate against Tang San, then tried to resolve the Evil God’s presence inside him by returning to the sea of inheritance. There, Giant Kun’s claim that Ren Tao was himself left Ren Tao proposing that Giant Kun devour him.

• Bound alongside the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Ren Tao offered Bibi Dong his allegiance and warned her that Tang San had inherited the Sea God’s power and gained the Asura God’s favor.
• The Evil God intermittently took control of Ren Tao’s speech, prompting Bibi Dong to release him and dismiss the six Titled Douluos.
• Ren Tao told Bibi Dong that Tang San had to be killed in the Star Dou Great Forest, then shared a plan involving the Sea God’s sacrifice and Qian Renxue.
• After Ren Tao and Bibi Dong parted to act on their plan, Ren Tao questioned the Evil God about why it had attached itself to him.
• Ren Tao returned to the sea of inheritance, where Giant Kun said it had devoured the Evil God’s other half and wondered how it had been able to devour itself.
• Ren Tao suggested that Giant Kun devour him too, arguing that he and Giant Kun were the same being.

Ren Tao learned the Soul Parasitism Technique from the Evil God, devoured his consciousness, and took the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger under his wing. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong launched Ren Tao’s planned ambush on the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, splitting them apart and attacking Er Ming as Da Ming charged toward her.

• The Evil God taught Ren Tao the Soul Parasitism Technique, which could let soul beasts take on human forms, and Ren Tao mastered it while devouring the Evil God's consciousness.
• Ren Tao made the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger his underling and taught him to ally with lesser enemies against greater ones.
• Bibi Dong led six Titled Douluos to surround the forest lake, intending to eliminate the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape before Tang San could threaten Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong provoked Da Ming by threatening Xiao Wu and claiming Tang San and Xiao Wu were approaching, drawing Da Ming away from Er Ming.
• Sandworm Douluo, Mirror Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo attacked Er Ming, while Bibi Dong unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar and Death Domain against Da Ming.

Ren Tao confronted Tang San in the Star Dou Great Forest, then summoned the Sea God through the Sea God Trident. The Sea God and Ren Tao began a battle of divine power and crashing waves.

• Ren Tao left a clone behind to watch the battle while he and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger headed toward the forest lake.
• Tang San reached the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu and searched for Da Ming and Er Ming, but detected Ren Tao instead.
• Tang San faced Ren Tao with the Asura Sword and Sea God Trident, and Ren Tao challenged the Sea God to appear.
• The Sea God's mark left Tang San's forehead and entered the Sea God's Heart, summoning the Sea God into the forest.
• Ren Tao and the Sea God exchanged attacks as the Sea God's Unfixed Wind Waves met Ren Tao's waves of white surf.

Ren Tao fought the Sea God’s projection, countering his first two Golden Thirteen Halberd forms and surviving the third at great cost. Before vanishing, the Sea God claimed Ren Tao could kill Tang San, leaving Ren Tao wary that another scheme was in play.

• Ren Tao used Giant Kun’s water-element power to resist the Sea God’s Unfixed Wind Waves, while the Sea God’s repeated attacks failed to stop him.
• The Sea God unleashed Thousand Years of Emptiness, but Ren Tao dodged the area attack with Wind’s Extreme Speed and mocked him.
• The Sea God hurled Tang San into the forest and attacked Ren Tao with One-Way Trip, but Ren Tao’s Spear of Chaos disrupted the strike and let him escape with his arms badly injured.
• Ren Tao regenerated his hands and arms, while the exhausted Sea God’s projection began to fade.
• The Sea God told Ren Tao that he could kill Tang San, then vanished, leaving Ren Tao suspicious of a hidden contingency.

Ren Tao studied the Sea God Trident and discovered how its runes controlled energy, while the two divine beasts neared defeat in battles against the Titled Douluos. When Tang San approached, Ren Tao struck Er Ming and asked whether Tang San would risk his life to save him and Da Ming.

• Ren Tao asked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to guard him while he examined the Sea God Trident and sought advice from the Giant Kun.
• Ren Tao used the Soul Parasitism Technique to enter the Trident's internal space and learned how its Magic Runes controlled energy and altered molecular gaps.
• Da Ming and Er Ming suffered worsening wounds and poison as Bibi Dong and the Titled Douluos drove them toward defeat.
• Ren Tao sensed Tang San approaching through his water-attribute energy and attacked Er Ming with the World-Destroying Spear.
• Ren Tao asked the wounded Er Ming whether Tang San would risk his life to save him and Da Ming.

Da Ming abandoned his search for Xiao Wu and rushed to stand with Er Ming, while Bibi Dong and Ren Tao used the ensuing pursuit to corner Tang San in the Star Dou Great Forest. Tang San attacked Ren Tao with the Asura Blood Sword, and Ren Tao met it with the Sea God Trident, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Da Ming used his Slow Domain to break through Bibi Dong’s encirclement and fled into the forest to rejoin Er Ming.
• Bibi Dong pretended to struggle against the slowing effect while following Da Ming, and Ren Tao joined her as Tang San’s vegetation spread across the forest.
• Ren Tao and Bibi Dong sealed off the ocean of vegetation with their spiritual power, trapping Tang San and Da Ming beside Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong provoked Tang San by criticizing his actions at the Soul Master Elite Competition and threatening the Shrek Seven Devils, prompting him to attack Ren Tao.
• Tang San unleashed the Asura Blood Sword’s killing strike against Ren Tao, who turned into water and countered with the Sea God Trident.

Ren Tao and Tang San fought to near death in a clash between the Trident and the Asura Sword, leaving both unable to rise. Tang San demanded that the Sky Azure Bull Python sacrifice himself, and as Da Ming prepared to do so, Ren Tao vowed to prevent his death.

• Ren Tao and Tang San exchanged devastating blows with the Trident and Asura Sword, injuring Xiao Wu and gravely wounding the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Trident’s divine power and the Asura Sword’s recoil threw Ren Tao and Tang San backward, leaving both badly injured.
• Tang San told the Sky Azure Bull Python to sacrifice himself so Xiao Wu could escape and he could buy time.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python accepted the sacrifice and bid farewell to Xiao Wu and Er Ming.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger mourned the Sky Azure Bull Python, while Ren Tao promised he would not let him die.

Da Ming began to sacrifice himself, but Er Ming returned and Ren Tao offered to let both great beasts live in human bodies if Tang San died. When Tang San rejected the bargain and killed Bibi Dong’s clone instead of Da Ming, Xiao Wu collapsed in grief, leaving Tang San distraught beneath the moonlight.

• Da Ming began his sacrifice, but Er Ming arrived alive and stopped him by revealing Ren Tao could preserve the great beasts if they gave up their soul rings.
• Ren Tao offered to use Tang San’s body as a vessel for Da Ming and Er Ming, and Bibi Dong promised not to pursue the surviving beasts.
• Xiao Wu accepted that Tang San might have to die, while Tang San accused Ren Tao of lying and refused to surrender.
• Tang San charged with the Asura Sword and beheaded Bibi Dong’s mirror-image clone, believing he had struck Da Ming to deny Bibi Dong his soul ring.
• Xiao Wu realized Tang San had attacked her brother, collapsed in grief, and left Tang San weeping as the sword fell from his hands.

Ren Tao helped Bibi Dong absorb the soul rings of Da Ming and Er Ming while preserving their souls inside Tang San, then celebrated with Bibi Dong as she prepared to return to Spirit City. Qian Renxue learned of the hunt and ordered Ren Woxing watched, still angry that he had submitted to Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong attacked Tang San in a fury but warned Ren Tao that the poison in Tang San's heart would kill him soon.
• Ren Tao extracted Da Ming and Er Ming's souls, placed them inside Tang San, and destroyed Tang San's divine soul; the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ate their bodies while Bibi Dong absorbed their soul rings.
• Four hours later, Tang San had left with Xiao Wu, Bibi Dong had finished absorbing the rings, and Ren Tao drank with her beneath the moon.
• Qian Renxue received word that Bibi Dong and Ren Woxing had hunted two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and ordered Elder Ci Xue to monitor Ren Woxing closely.
• After the shadow departed, Qian Renxue angrily vowed to make Ren Woxing pay if he came to Spirit City.

Qian Renxue learned that Bibi Dong had killed Tang San and returned with his divine artifacts, while Ren Tao found the Clear Sky Sect and invoked Tang Chen’s authority to order it to remain sealed. The chapter ended with Ren Tao confronting the sect at its gates and announcing a hundred-year extension of its seclusion.

• Qian Renxue heard that Bibi Dong had killed Tang San and brought back the Sea God’s Trident and the Asura Sacred Sword.
• Bibi Dong displayed the Trident outside Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to focus on completing the angel nine trials.
• Ren Tao used the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to locate the Clear Sky Sect and appeared before Tang Xiao and the gathered disciples.
• Ren Tao presented the Clear Sky Token and said that Tang Chen had ordered the Clear Sky Sect to remain sealed for another hundred years.

Ren Tao proved his strength to the Clear Sky Sect and explained why Tang Chen had urged the sect to exercise restraint. After defeating its elders, he demanded the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus and the Storm-Pear Blossom Needle as payment for returning the Clear Sky Token.

• The elders confirmed the Clear Sky Token was genuine, and Ren Tao said he had taken it after defeating and sparing Tang Chen.
• Ren Tao knocked the Seventh Elder away and scattered the Clear Sky Sect disciples when they charged him.
• The Second through Sixth Elders formed a pentagon and attacked together, but Ren Tao disrupted their combined hammer technique and wounded all five.
• Ren Tao confronted Tang Xiao and explained that Tang Hao's actions had brought danger upon the Clear Sky Sect and that Tang Chen had protected it from Spirit Hall.
• Ren Tao said he would take the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus and the Storm-Pear Blossom Needle as payment for returning the token.

Ren Tao returned to Spirit City with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and learned that Bibi Dong had appointed him Imperial Preceptor and the tiger City-Guarding King Beast. As Hu Liena prepared to guide him to Slaughter City, Ren Tao realized Bibi Dong might soon inherit the Rakshasa godhood and decided he had little time to act.

• Ren Tao left the Clear Sky Sect and refused the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s demand to eat the sect’s elders, warning that slaughtering them could expose them to consequences.
• Ren Tao fed the tiger by leading it to a settlement of Wolf Bandits, then promised it a lawful role executing condemned Soul Masters in Spirit City.
• A city guard told Ren Tao that Bibi Dong had appointed him Imperial Preceptor and the tiger City-Guarding King Beast, then escorted them into the city.
• Ren Tao met Hu Liena, the Nine-Headed Bat King, and Yue Guan, and learned that Bibi Dong had arranged a residence and a possible trip to Slaughter City.
• Ren Tao considered whether Bibi Dong was close to becoming the Rakshasa God and chose to see his residence before deciding when to leave for Slaughter City.

Ren Tao visited Bibi Dong after realizing she had become a god, and she revealed that war remained necessary for her final trial. She asked him to prevent the coming conflict, then began to transcend humanity as Qian Renxue’s ascension also appeared imminent.

• Ren Tao sensed an extraordinary power around Spirit City and went to Spirit Hall, where he found Bibi Dong had attained Rakshasa godhood.
• Bibi Dong told Ren Tao she had seen the world’s past and explained that her final trial required war, while the gods and the world’s will shaped the conflict.
• Bibi Dong asked Ren Tao to prevent the war, and he understood that his efforts could keep the gods from benefiting from mass slaughter.
• Ren Tao asked whether Tang San was truly dead, and Bibi Dong confirmed he was but warned that Asura, the Sea God, and others were still stirring up conflict.
• Bibi Dong began suffering under a powerful aura as Ren Tao fled Pope Hall, while golden light and an Angel Chant rose from Douluo Hall.

Ren Tao encountered the Angel God, who forced him to help Qian Renxue complete the Angel Nine Trials. He calmed Qian Renxue by sharing his memories of Chang'an, and she became a goddess before sending him away and promising a future battle.

• Ren Tao left the Pope Hall and encountered the Angel God, who asked him to help Qian Renxue become a god.
• The Angel God threw Ren Tao into a golden sea, where he found Qian Renxue in the final stage of her trial.
• Ren Tao used the Wisdom Lightwheel and Devouring Golden Threads to calm Qian Renxue, then told her about Chang'an and his past life.
• Qian Renxue's Angel Nine Trials ended, and she broke free of the threads as the Angel God Armor and Angel Sword appeared.
• Qian Renxue opened a spatial passage and sent Ren Tao away, promising to fight him once he was strong enough.

Ren Tao discovered that devouring Qian Renxue’s divine essence had left a miniature version of her in his sea of inheritance, creating a telepathic link between them. After he bluntly confirmed that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji, Qian Renxue grieved but found comfort in Ren Tao’s awkward offer of candy, while he was left juggling her and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s demands.

• Ren Tao realized Qian Renxue’s divine essence had merged with his divine sense, and the Giant Kun refused to swallow the miniature Qian Renxue.
• Ren Tao unknowingly used Little Qian to speak telepathically with Qian Renxue and told her that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue was overwhelmed by grief, while Ren Tao offered Little Qian a water-made sugar figurine to cheer her up.
• Qian Renxue heard Ren Tao promise to buy real candy and asked to talk, but he brushed her off as a child and teased her about pretending to cry.
• Ren Tao returned home, where the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger asked him for another story and news of their next food-filled destination.
• Qian Renxue looked toward Ren Tao’s location and wondered whether anyone like him existed in the Divine Realm.

Ren Tao secretly entered Spirit Hall’s forbidden library and used a finger bone to uncover the First-Generation Evil Soul Master’s memories, revealing that the Evil Soul Masters and their evolution chain originated from an unknown world. The memory exposed the White Seed’s path into the ocean, giving Ren Tao a possible lead on restoring his sea of inheritance.

• Ren Tao used a Water Element Clone to slip past the library guards and enter the forbidden book chamber.
• Ren Tao found a finger bone and an illegible scroll, then unlocked the bone’s memories with his Devouring Golden Threads.
• Ren Tao saw that strange people had arrived in a spacecraft, been killed by Six-Legged Deer Eagles, and left behind a White Seed that eventually led to the rise of an Evil Soul Master.
• Ren Tao learned that the White Seed had survived inside a rodent Soul Beast, passed through a canyon, and drifted into the ocean.
• Ren Tao sensed the White Seed’s pulse through the water element and concluded it might restore his sea of inheritance.

Ren Tao followed the world seed’s summons and learned that it had awakened after the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s death, while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger witnessed visions of the Tiger God. The chapter left Ren Tao facing the Asura God and Sea God’s attention and defiantly giving them the finger.

• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue clashed over Ren Tao’s access to the Empire’s secrets, then sent him back to the Sea of Inheritance.
• Ren Tao found the Evil Soul Master’s finger bone and the beast hide destroyed, scattered the ashes into his villa’s pool, and set out for Slaughter City with Hu Liena, the Nine-Headed Bat King, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• At a stream, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger saw a vision of the Tiger God, and Ren Tao sensed that the white seed’s pulse had summoned him again.
• The world seed introduced itself to Ren Tao and explained that it awakened when the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s death briefly stalled the world’s consciousness.
• The Asura God and Sea God detected the white seed’s energy but could not locate its source, then saw Ren Tao give them the finger.

Ren Tao questioned the world seed about evolution, the gods, and its origins before traveling with Hu Liena, the Nine-Headed Bat King, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to the ruins of Slaughter City. After discovering an underground passage and sensing a powerful dragon aura beneath a blood-colored river, Ren Tao and the tiger ventured ahead while Hu Liena remained behind, troubled by what she had learned about Tang San.

• Ren Tao asked the world seed about evolution, the gods, and how it came to exist, and learned that it was born from a destroyed world and would begin anew after passing on its lessons.
• The world seed explained that Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue could kill Ren Tao, then withdrew; Ren Tao joined Hu Liena and the Nine-Headed Bat King for a meal.
• Ren Tao and his companions reached the ruins of Slaughter City, where the Nine-Headed Bat King revealed an underground passage and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger blasted open its entrance.
• Deep underground, Ren Tao and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed a dangerous dragon aura, and the Giant Kun warned Ren Tao that dragon blood could overwhelm him.
• The Nine-Headed Bat King led them to a blood-colored river and said Tang San had known only the surface of Slaughter City; Ren Tao and the tiger plunged beneath the river while Hu Liena stayed behind, reflecting on Tang San.